The protagonist of G.Kh. Andersen's fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" is a chick from one large duck family. He differed from his brothers and sisters in his unattractive appearance and large size. The inhabitants of the poultry yard immediately disliked him and tried to bite harder. Even the girl bringing food to the birds pushed him away from the rest of the chicks.
Unable to bear such an attitude, the chick ran away from the poultry yard. He got to the swamp, and there he hid from everyone. But even in the swamp he had no peace - hunters came and started shooting geese. The poor traveler hid all day from hunting dogs, and closer to night he ran away from the swamp.
He stumbled upon a dilapidated hut in which an old woman lived. The old woman had a cat and a chicken. The old woman could not see well, and she mistook the big, ugly chick for a fat duck. Expecting that the duck will lay eggs, she left the chick to live in her house.
But over time, the chick became bored in the hut. He wanted to swim and dive, but the cat and the chicken disapproved of his desire. And the duckling left them.
Until the autumn, he swam and dived, but the forest inhabitants did not want to communicate with him, he was so ugly.
But one day large white birds flew to the lake, at the sight of which the chick was seized with a strange excitement. He passionately wanted to be like these beauties, whose name was swans. But the swans screamed, made some noise and flew away to warmer climes, and the chick remained to spend the winter on the lake.
The winter was cold, and the unfortunate duckling had a hard time. But time passed. One day he saw the beautiful white birds again and decided to swim out to them. And then he saw his reflection in the water. He was like two drops of water similar to snow-white handsome swans. He was also a swan!
Who knows why the swan egg ended up in the duck's nest? But because of this, the little swan had to endure many difficulties and sip a lot of grief. But everything ended well, and now everyone loved him and admired his beauty.
This is the summary of the story.
The main meaning of the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" is that it is impossible to guess what the child will be like when he grows up. Perhaps now the child is unsightly and ugly, clumsy and awkward, but, having matured, he will be completely different. Everything comes in time to those who know how to wait. The fairy tale teaches us not to rush things, to draw conclusions in time. As for the children, there is no need to choose a beautiful one among them. If a child from childhood sees love and a kind attitude towards him, he will be able to grow up and become beautiful both in soul and body.
In the fairy tale, I liked the duckling character, because the difficulties did not break him, he turned out to be a strong spirit.
What proverbs are suitable for the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling"?
How many ducks do not be cheerful, but not to be a swan.
Everyone considers his geese to be swans.
You never know in advance where you will find, where you will lose.
Hans Christian Andersen
"Ugly duck"
The duck has hatched ducklings. One of them was late, and outwardly failed. The old duck scared her mother that it was a turkey, but it swam better than the rest of the ducklings. All the inhabitants of the poultry yard attacked the ugly duckling, even the poultry house repelled it from the feed. At first, the mother stood up, but then she also took up arms against the ugly son. Once the duckling could not stand it and ran into the swamp, where wild geese lived, the acquaintance with which ended sadly: although two young ganders offered to be friends with the wonderful duckling, they were immediately killed by hunters (a hunting dog ran past the duckling - “apparently, I’m so ugly that Even the dog hates to eat me!”). At night, he reached the hut in which the old woman, the cat and the chicken lived. The woman took him in, blindly mistaking him for a fat duck, but the cat and the chicken, who considered themselves the better half of the world, poisoned the new roommate, because he did not know how to lay eggs and purr. When the duckling wanted to swim, the hen declared that it was all from stupidity, and the freak went to live on the lake, where everyone still laughed at him. One day he saw swans and fell in love with them as he had never loved anyone.
In winter, the duckling froze in the ice; the peasant brought it home, warmed it up, but out of fright, the chick misbehaved and ran away. All winter he sat in the reeds. In the spring I took off and saw swans swimming. The duckling decided to surrender to the will of beautiful birds - and saw his own reflection: he also became a swan! And according to the children and the swans themselves - the most beautiful and youngest. He did not even dream of this happiness when he was an ugly duckling. retold Mouse
Ducklings have hatched from a domestic duck. But one was the latest, and therefore outwardly failed. The oldest duck greatly frightened the mother by the fact that the duckling looks like a turkey. And the late duckling swam better than other ducklings. All and sundry attacked and pinched the poor and ugly duckling. Even the bird-woman pushed him away from the food. At first, his mother felt sorry for him and stood up for him, and then she herself began to hate her ugly son. The poor duckling, holding a grudge, fled into the swamp where wild geese lived. Two young ganders who accepted him into their company were shot dead. Even the dog, having smelled the duckling, ran past.
At night, he reached the hut in which the cat, the hen and the old woman lived. A cat and a chicken poisoned a new roommate for not being able to lay eggs and purr like a cat. The ugly duckling was always drawn to swim, and the chicken stated that it was all from stupidity. Then he left them for a large lake, where he saw beautiful swans. He had never seen such birds in his life. They were dazzling white and lifted their long necks proudly. The ugly duckling, watching from behind the bushes, admired them and fell in love with them.
The cold winter has come. In winter, the duckling froze on ice. One peasant brought a duckling and warmed it up, but the duckling, frightened, ran away from him into the swamp, where he sat in the reeds.
In early spring, he again saw these beautiful birds swimming in the river. Seeing his reflection in the water, he was glad that he was the same as them and swam towards them. He never dreamed of such happiness.
Review of the work "The Tale of Komar Komarovich - a long nose and about shaggy Misha - a short tail"
D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak "The Tale of Komar Komarovich".Publishing house "Mastatskaya Literature". Minsk, 1979.
This tale is about how Komar Komarovich, a brave mosquito, went to fight a big bear. The mosquito boasted that he had defeated him alone, but that was not the case. His comrades helped him.
The protagonist of the story: the braggart Komar Komarovich.
I really liked this work because it teaches to be modest, not boastful and never refuse help.
August 3rd.
A. Pogorelsky "Black chicken or underground inhabitants".
This story is about a boy named Alyosha and a black hen called Chernushka. Once Alyosha saved a chicken from death. They wanted to kill her, because she did not carry a single egg, And then the boy betrayed Chernushka, telling everyone that there is an underground world in which little people live.
The protagonist of the work is the boy Alyosha.
I did not like Alyosha, because he was lazy, did not want to achieve everything himself and turned out to be a traitor.
This fairy tale teaches us that we should not betray our friends and who is very dear to you, and you also need to achieve everything yourself, even if something does not work out.
G. H. Andersen
"Ugly duck".
This tale is about how difficult it is to be different from others.The main character in this work: a small swan. As a child, he was ugly and ugly, and then the ugly duckling grew into a beautiful swan.
I didn't like pets because they were cruel, didn't make friends with the swan and teased him.
After reading this fairy tale, I thought that one should not look at the appearance of a person, one should look at his good deeds.
Project "Foreign storytellers"
List of fairy tales by Charles Perrault:
"Sleeping Beauty"
"Red Riding Hood"
"Zamarashka"
"Cinderella"
"Thumb boy"
Charles Perrault "Little Red Riding Hood"
The main characters in this tale are: Little Red Riding Hood, mother, grandmother, wolf, lumberjacks. This is a work about a little girl, Little Red Riding Hood, who was asked by her mother to go to her grandmother. The cunning wolf found out from the girl where the grandmother's house was. And then the wolf ate Little Red Riding Hood along with her grandmother. Woodcutters passed by the house and saved their granddaughter and grandmother. I did not like Little Red Riding Hood, because she did not listen to her mother and talked to an unfamiliar wolf. The author wanted to tell us that we should not talk to strangers in unfamiliar places.
V. Yu. Dragunsky. 
List of stories by V. Yu. Dragunsky.
Childhood friend.
Adventure.
Elephant and radio.
And we!..
How I visited Uncle Misha.
Tricky way.
V. Yu. Dragunsky "Childhood Friend".
This story is about how Deniska wanted to become a boxer, but they did not want to buy a punching bag. And when he was offered to train on his friend teddy bear, he did not do it. The main characters in this story are: Deniska, a teddy bear and Deniska's parents. I liked the act of Deniska, who did not beat his best friend, because he was dear to him. This story makes you think about not hurting your friends and
betray your friendship.
14th of April.
Andersen G-H. Fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling"
The main characters of the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" and their characteristics
- An ugly duckling who was not lucky enough to be born in a duck's nest, but who overcame all difficulties and became a beautiful swan, but with a good heart
- Mother duck, first tried to take care of the ugly duckling, but then she began to drive him away from herself
- Birds - inhabitants of the poultry yard, Spanish chicken, Indian rooster, ducks.
- Wild ducks, ganders that have become victims of hunters
- The hunter's dog that didn't touch the ugly duckling
- An old woman with a cat and a chicken sheltered a duckling, but did not understand his desire to swim
- A peasant, a peasant woman, children, saved the duckling when it was freezing, but they drove it away when it knocked over the lid.
- Swans, beautiful birds that have adopted the Ugly Duckling into their flock.
- big egg
- swimming lessons
- Poultry yard
- duckling flight
- Pond, ducks, ganders and hunters
- Dog in the reeds
- old woman's house
- cat and chicken
- Fall has come
- The peasant and his children
- spring channel
- The duckling becomes a swan.
- Birth of the Ugly Duckling, poultry yard.
- The ugly duckling runs away and nearly dies while hunting.
- The ugly duckling finds shelter with an old woman and sports with a chicken and a cat
- The ugly duckling freezes and ends up in a peasant's house
- The ugly duckling runs away in fear and survives the winter alone.
- The ugly duckling swims towards the swans and sees that he himself has become a swan.
In order to achieve something in life, you always have to overcome difficulties.
What does the tale "The Ugly Duckling" teach?
The fairy tale teaches us to pay less attention to the appearance of a person, and more to his actions. Learn not to give up in the face of adversity. teaches you to believe in yourself and your abilities. It teaches not to be conceited having achieved something, but to always keep goodness in your heart.
Review of the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling"
The tale "The Ugly Duckling" is very beautiful and touching. I felt so sorry for the poor duck, who was humiliated and beaten just because he was not like the others. I felt very sorry for the lonely duckling during his wanderings. But this fairy tale has such a beautiful end, and once an ugly duckling becomes a beautiful swan. He deserves happiness and seeks it.
Proverbs to the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling"
There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped.
Without tasting grief, you will not know happiness.
Well that ends well.
Summary, brief retelling of the tale "The Ugly Duckling"
Ducks incubated eggs in mugs. All the chicks had already hatched, but the largest egg was still lying.
The old duck assumes that it is a turkey and advises to throw the egg. The young duck refuses.
Finally, the big egg hatched and the ugly duckling was born. He was big and scary, but he still knew how to swim and the duck decided to leave him.
The next day, the duck took the ducklings to represent the poultry yard. All the inhabitants of the yard immediately took a dislike to the Ugly Duckling and began to peck and pinch him. The duckling endured for a long time, but then ran away.
The ugly duckling clung to the wild ducks in the pond. There he met young ganders who agreed to be friends with him, because the duckling was very ugly. But then hunters appeared and killed the ganders. Dogs ran along the reeds and one of them found the Ugly Duckling, but did not touch it. The duckling decided that because he was scary.
The duckling ran away and found shelter in a hut where a cat, a chicken and an old woman lived. The old woman thought that the duckling was a duck and would lay eggs. But the duckling could not lay eggs. He was arguing with a cat and a chicken about how good it is to swim. And he left the old woman.
The duckling sees beautiful swans and envy them.
Autumn came and it got cold. One day the duckling got very cold, but a peasant picked it up. He brought the duckling home and the children wanted to play with the duckling, but the duckling got scared and knocked over the jar of milk. The mistress ran after him around the house, the children laughed, and the frightened duckling ran away.
He barely survived the winter, and in the spring he again saw beautiful swans on the canal. The duckling decided to swim up to them, that the beautiful birds killed him, but suddenly he saw his own reflection. He himself turned into a swan.
The swans took him in, the children threw crumbs at them and said that the young swan was the best. But the Ugly Duckling did not become proud, because he had a good heart and he survived so many trials.
Illustrations and drawings for the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling"
Even in an adult, the story of the transformation of an ugly duckling into a majestic and proud bird, told, causes tears. The adventures of the unfortunate chick, pecked by the whole world, the writer managed to describe sensually and poignantly. The main character is lucky. Unlike many characters in the Danish storyteller, his tale has a happy ending.
History of creation
In works of a fabulous nature, the Danish author described the unattractive prose of life. "The Ugly Duckling" was no exception, moreover, the tale is considered autobiographical. Hans Christian Andersen was not distinguished by external beauty, contemporaries assessed his appearance as ridiculous and funny:
“His figure always had something strange in it, something awkward, unstable, involuntarily causing a smile. His arms and legs were disproportionately long and thin; His nose was also disproportionately large and somehow especially protruded forward.
But not only the appearance became the subject of ridicule. The future author of "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina" and "The Snow Queen" had to experience a lot of humiliation in life, like his feathered character. Andersen studied at a school for the poor, where he was called a fool and prophesied an inglorious fate. And at the university, he was subjected to sophisticated bullying from the rector.
There is one more moment related to the writer's ugly duckling. The chick, not resigned to the attacks, went on a lonely journey around the world, during which he was hungry and cold, but did not change his dream of a wonderful future. The soul of an unsightly bird was drawn to the majestic proud swans.
So Andersen - at the age of 14 he found himself without relatives and friends in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, in order to achieve his goal and join the glorious cohort of artists, poets and artists. However, both the writer and his fairy-tale hero managed to get what they had been on their way to for so long.
The prototype of the old woman, who lived in company with a cat and a chicken, was a family that gladly received Andersen as a visitor. Only one drawback confused the young writer - in that house he was constantly taught to live, instructed on the true path, dictated his own rules of conduct. This feature has been carried over into the book.
The story was published in 1843. Rector Simon Meisling, who once mocked the future storyteller, took the post of royal censor, and again the paths of enemies crossed. The teacher was still ruthless to the former student and called the work an outrageous thing.
In his words, the "Ugly Duckling" was a libel to the Motherland, where the poultry yard is Denmark, and its evil inhabitants are all Danes. Meisling threatened to prevent the publication of the fairy tale in the magazine, but the promises were not destined to come true. The work was loved by Danish readers, and then by bookworms around the world. It also reached Russia - Anna Ganzen translated the fairy tale into Russian.
Image and plot
On a sunny summer day, under a sprawling burdock in the courtyard of an old estate, a mother duck hatched her offspring. Only from one, the largest egg, the cub could not be born in any way. And then, finally, the egg hatched, and an unusual gray chick was born. Even his mother didn't like him. Later it turned out that the "freak" still did not know how to swim. The animal society that lived in the yard severely condemned the duckling for being different from its family, and during the games, siblings continually strove to peck, humiliate, ridicule.
The young outcast decided to run away from his native yard. Somehow he climbed over the fence and went in an unknown direction. On the way, he met wild ducks, who were also amused by the unsightly appearance of the duckling. The hero was not touched by a hunting dog - he was so ugly. One day, the duckling saw beautiful swans floating majestically across the lake, and even answered their cry, but did not dare to swim closer, fearing that these birds would also reject him.
The traveler had to spend the coming winter in hunger and cold in the lake bushes, and with the advent of spring he again saw the swans and, overcoming his fear, swam up to them. Surprisingly, the birds did not peck at the guest, on the contrary, they stroked him with their beaks and necks. In the mirror of the water, the ugly duckling suddenly saw its reflection - the same handsome swan was looking at it.
The unusualness of the work lies in the fact that the author endowed it with elements of psychology. The fate of the character is shown through his state of mind: a scattering of monologues is put into the mouth of the duckling, in which he tries to find the reason for such dislike for himself. The chick is either sad, or tired, or filled with joy, having discovered its transformation. A sensual fairy tale makes you feel along with the hero.
Through the characteristics of the heroes who inhabited the fairy tale, Andersen denounces the main vice of society - the inability to accept another with all his shortcomings. Morality also contains the path traversed by the duckling: only having experienced suffering from humiliation and not losing spiritual kindness and love, one can truly rejoice in happiness. The writer endowed the tale with a wise thought:
“It doesn’t matter to be born in a duck’s nest if you hatched from a swan egg!”
Screen adaptations
The Danish fairy tale entered the cinema with a light hand. In 1931, a black-and-white cartoon of the same name was shot at the studio of the famous American. The next Disney picture based on the work of the unfortunate duckling came out eight years later, but already in color.
Soviet filmmakers also did not ignore the "Ugly Duckling". Director Vladimir Degtyarev in 1956 presented the viewer with an incredibly beautiful, bright film, which was included in the golden collection of Russian animation. The feathered outcast spoke in the voice of actress Yulia Yulskaya. The characters were also voiced, and Nikolai Litvinov acted as the narrator. Brilliant composition and brilliant work - it is not surprising that the cartoon was awarded the diploma of the British Film Festival a year after the premiere.
Another cartoon is a gift to adult viewers from the director. The master of cinematography presented the author's interpretation of The Ugly Duckling in 2010, borrowing only the episode of the transformation of a duckling into a swan and calling the work a "parable of xenophobia." At the end of the tape, the main character takes revenge on his offenders. Svetlana Stepchenko and other actors worked on the voice acting. The voices of the court are performed by the Turkish Choir. The film is adorned with music.
Harry Bardin's cartoon fell into disgrace on television - Channel One and Russia refused to show it. But the main failure was waiting for the author in cinemas: the film was shown in half-empty halls. Meanwhile, the newspaper "Trud" called the cartoon "an event of the year."
An interesting interpretation of Andersen's work is the film "Amazing story, like a fairy tale", created by Boris Dolin in 1966. Events unfold during the years of filming: the boy found a swan egg and threw it into the chicken coop. The authors took a Danish fairy tale as a model, but thoroughly redrawn it. Oleg Zhakov, Valentin Maklashin, Tatyana Antipina were invited to the main roles.
The ugly duckling has long been a household name. In this sense, directors like to use it. So, in 2015, a drama of the same name was released on Japanese screens, consisting of several cycles. And in Russia, fans of the series enjoyed Fuad Shabanov's four-episode film "The Ugly Duckling" with, and in the lead roles.
Quotes
“The poor duckling simply did not know what to do, where to go. And he should have been born so ugly that the whole poultry yard laughs at him.
“I wish you well, therefore I scold you - this is how true friends are always recognized!”
"Now he was glad that he had endured so much grief and trouble - he could better appreciate his happiness and the splendor that surrounded him."
"You don't understand me," said the duckling.
“If we don’t understand, then who will understand you?” Do you want to be smarter than the cat and the mistress, not to mention me?
"And the old swans bowed their heads before him."
"He was too happy, but not at all proud - a good heart does not know pride."
